Sticky Labels has purchased a Screen GP Truepress Jet L350UV, with its two directors Justine McEwan and Mark McEwan making the decision to purchase the Screen machine – supplied by Jet Technologies – to support the company’s continued growth in the FMCG market.
Grant Dennis, production manager at Sticky Labels says, “The biggest attraction with the Screen machine for us was the speed and quality that the press can run at 50 metres-per- minute. The guys at Jet Tech were fantastic; they opened their doors for us to test, trial and run whatever jobs we wanted.
“We had to make sure that the L350UV was the right fit for Sticky Labels and we certainly had specific requirements that had to be met on a number of stocks, which were achieved. These included colour matching, usability, ink cost, quality and of course speed. From a production sense, the ability to run multi SKU’s, eliminating wash-ups, plate making, ink mixing etc and anything with multiple spots, multiple images, vignettes, with both short and long runs.”
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Dennis says a substantial amount of existing work will migrate from flexo to digital once a new Prati Digifast One digital finishing line arrives. The Digifast will complete the digital label capability with matched unwinding, rotary die-cutting, lamination, slitting and rewinding.
This is Sticky Label’s first full production digital label press although its sister company, Label Concepts has been running wide format inkjet technology for a number of years to service fleet vehicle wraps and the occasional short run of labels on self-adhesive stocks.
Justine McEwan, director at Sticky Labels says, “Sticky Labels is on its largest capital investment venture, which will also include allowing for the funding of a major new Flexo machine in the ensuing months. Coupled with the purchase of the Screen Truepress Jet L350UV and Prati finishing machine, this puts Sticky Labels on the map as a major FMCG label supplier with state-of- the-art technology, complemented by our phenomenal customer service and pricing.”
Dennis says, “Existing and new clients love being supplied with an actual printed proof off the machine and we can step up 5, 10, 50 different SKUs; run them out on the one web send them to the client prior to the production run so they know exactly what they will be receiving. They all love the quality especially what you can achieve with the white ink going down on clear substrate, running a full block of white down to .05 per cent dot on the same image.”
Peter Scott, managing director, Screen GP Australia says, “Our dealer Jet Technologies has really done a great job in understanding Sticky Labels’ every need and addressing them professionally and quickly; consulting with us both here and in Japan for the best possible outcome for the customer. It has been a collaborative process and a real honour to be a part of Sticky Label’s growth and adding of new services with the Truepress Jet L350UV.”
Sticky Labels has been running for 25 years beginning as a boutique printer and moving on to become a FMCG label supplier. Its multicolour print services include foil, varnish, over laminating and embossing.
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